Sliding door valve for utility vacuum cleaner
CA 2113520 C · Owner: Wareham, Richard A. · Inventors: Wareham, Richard A.; Bowers, Donald R.; Bosyj, Nick M.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A unique valve door mechanism is disclosed for use in a dual chambered utility type vacuum cleaner having two suction inlets whereby the inactive suction inlet may be selectively closed and sealed off from the atmosphere. The valve door is slidingly suspended between guide rails whereby the door may be selectively positioned adjacent the suction inlet to be disabled. Atmospheric pressure is utilized to urge the valve door against the selected inlet opening thereby sealing off the inlet from the atmosphere.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 14, 1994 and granted January 2, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 14, 2016.
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